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Mr. President, as the representative of His Majesty the King I welcome most warmly to this ancient capital the First Citizen of the United States. Canada welcomes you for your own sake as an old acquaintance - for I think you know well our Eastern coasts - and as one of the major forces today in the statesmanship of the world . She welcomes you not less as the ruler of a people to whom she is bound by many old ties of blood and tradition, a people whose problems today she shares, and whose future is closely linked to her own. We are a North American nation and our destiny is inseparable from yours. We have much in common with you, but we are also very unlike you, and differences understood and respected are the best foundation for friendship.

Canada is a free and sovereign nation, and for generations she has dwelt side by side with you in perfect amity - an example to all the world of how civilised neighbours should live together. She is also a principal constituent part of the British Empire, and as such she is a link between your great Republic and that Commonwealth of Nations which covers a third of the habitable globe. Mr . President, it is my earnest hope - and I know that it is also yours - that our friendship and goodwill may grow to a still closer understanding, and become that strongest of human creations, a thing about which men do not argue, but which they can take for granted. It is my prayer that not by any formal alliance, but through thinking the same thoughts and pursuing the same purpose, the Republic of the United States and the British Commonwealth may have to restore the shaken liberties of mankind.

Visit of the President of the U.S.A. to Quebec. 31st July, 1936.

Mr. President, as the personal representative of His Majesty the King I welcome most warmly to this ancient capital the First Citizen of the United States. Canada welcomes you not only for your own sake as an old acquaintance - for I think you know well our Eastern coasts - but also as one of the major forces today in the statesmanship of the world. She welcomes you not less as the ruler of a people to whom she is bound by many ties of blood and tradition, a people whose problems are akin to her own.

We are a North American nation and our destiny is inseparable from yours. We have much in common with you, but we are also unlike you, and differences understood and respected are the best foundation for friendship.

Canada is a free and sovereign nation, and for generations she has dwelt side by side with yours in perfect amity - an example to all the world of how civilised neighbours should live together. She is also a principal constituent part of the British Empire, and as such she is a link between your great Republic and that Commonwealth of Nations which covers more than a quarter of the globe. Mr. President, it is my earnest hope - and I know that it is also yours - that our friendship and goodwill may grow to a still closer understanding, and become that strongest of human creations, a thing about which men do not argue, but which they can take for granted. It is my prayer that, not by any formal alliance, but through thinking the same thoughts and pursuing the same purpose, the Republic of the United States and the British Commonwealth may help to restore the shaken liberties of mankind.

[Mr Roosevelt in Quebec]

Quebec. 31st July, 1936.

Mr. President, as the personal representative of His Majesty the King I offer my most cordial greetings to the First Citizen of the United States. Canada welcomes you, sir, not only for your own sake as an old acquaintance - for I think you know well our Eastern coasts - but also as one of the major forces today in the statesmanship of the world. She welcomes you not less as the head of a country to whose people she is bound by ties of kinship and tradition; a country whose problems she shares, and whose future deeply concerns her own. As a North American nation, we have much in common with you; yet we have each our own idioms and characteristics. Our differences, understood and respected, are, not less than our similarities, a basis for co-operation and friendship.

Canada is a free and a sovereign nation and for generations she has dwelt side by side with yours in perfect amity - an example to all the world. She is also a principal constituent part of the British Empire, and as such she is a link between your great Republic and that Commonwealth of Nations which covers so large a part of the habitable globe. Mr . President, it is my earnest hope - and I know that it is also yours - that our friendship and goodwill may grow into a still closer understanding, and become that strongest of human creations, a thing about which men do not argue but which they can take for granted. It is my prayer that, not by any alliance political or otherwise, but through thinking the same thoughts and pursuing the same purpose, the Republic of the United States and the British Commonwealth may help to restore the shaken liberties of mankind.